ICT Specialist

Support for Rule of Law Reforms in Ukraine (PRAVO POLICE) Project

The European Union-funded ‘Support for Rule of Law Reforms in the Areas of Police, Public Prosecution and Good Governance Project’ (known as PRAVO POLICE) has the overall objective of supporting Rule of Law in Ukraine through strengthening the systems in place to support policing, prosecution and civilian governance in Ukraine and to align its functioning with the best European and International practices.

This PRAVO POLICE Project supports the creation of an efficient law-enforcement system respectful of human rights in support of the people of Ukraine, through the provision of necessary support to the National Police and other Ukrainian authorities in charge of civilian law enforcement. On substance matters, the project relies on the EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) to Ukraine which is a Rule of Law and Police Mission, based in Kiev and with presences in Kharkiv and Lviv.

The PRAVO POLICE Project further provides support to law enforcement agencies (LEAs) capacity to upgrade their Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) supported processes and infrastructure, as well as ICT management capacity through the provision of ICT assessments, procurement of ICT equipment, and a range of other ICT solutions. This in turn will contribute to enhanced efficiency and effectiveness of LEAs’ services, while improving their accountability, transparency, and respect of human rights. 

Intelligence-led policing (ILP) has been increasingly used in many countries of the world to respond to growing challenges. It has proven to be an effective tool to address crime, allowing to make better use of resources and to identify and address priority tasks in a targeted manner. Being proactive and future-oriented, this policing method allows to prevent crime, reduce, eliminate, and counteract criminality.

Ukraine’s Strategy for the Development of the System of the Ministry of Internal Affairs adopts ILP as a methodology and a set of tools to increase the analytical potential of the National Police of Ukraine and, consequently, to contribute to improvements in public safety and order. Intelligence-led policing, despite being a rather recent concept of policing, has existed in some shape and form in the National Police of Ukraine, especially in the criminal analysis. The structure of the National Police of Ukraine includes criminal analysis units at both the central and regional levels.

In order to facilitate intelligence-led policing in Ukraine’s law-enforcement context, the introduction of the so-called ILP IT solution needs to be ensured. The solution is a set of “off-the-shelf” IT products interconnected via specially developed program modules.

The United Nations Office for Project Services in Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as ‘UNOPS’, ‘the Customer’) is to engage a contractor experienced in development and implementation of complex multi-module analytical information systems. The Contractor will provide assistance in developing functional requirements and technical specifications for hardware and software IT infrastructure.

Legislative framework

The legislative framework for the ILP and Criminal Analysis is mainly stipulated in Article 25 of the Law of Ukraine “On the National Police of Ukraine” stating the powers of the police in the information and analytical support sphere, the Law of Ukraine “On personal data protection”, the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and the Law of Ukraine “On the Operative Search Activities”.

Access to the ILP IT system will be strictly regulated and registered in entry logs, and users will be granted different access rights to the system depending on their access level.

Under the supervision and guidance of the Programme Manager and in close cooperation with internal and external stakeholders, including Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (MoIA) and National Police of Ukraine (NPU) specialists, the ICT Specialist will be responsible for the:

1. Development of the detailed terms of reference/technical requirements for the purchase, deployment, integration and implementation of an IT solution to automate the search, collection, storage, integrity protection, structuring, consolidation, analysis, and visualisation of intelligence data. The terms of reference/technical requirements should meet the actual business needs of the NPU and comply with UNOPS procurement rules and be suitable for use in the schedule of requirements in the procurement process without modification.

The solution will consist of a combination of software and hardware ICT components and infrastructure integrated into a common environment and accessible through common interfaces, designed to simplify the data collection and speed up data collation and analysis, to automate certain procedures during data collection and analysis, to reduce the time required for to prepare analytical reports, to diminish impact human factor impact and to eliminate errors when preparing analytical materials. The solution must provide the full set of functionalities offered by open sources intelligence systems combined with the ability to process data from proprietary data sources currently in use by law enforcement agencies.

2. Participation in the procurement process/board for the target system(s) as a technical expert

3. Monitoring the implementation process on behalf of UNOPS and provide technical advice as necessary

Timeframe and work delivery stages

Delivery of outputs is divided into the following stages:

• Analysis of the Beneficiary’s requirements to the content and functionality of the ICT solution, selecting the requirements for the architecture, software and hardware elements. Developing detailed technical specifications for the system and its components and deployment/implementation tasks and activities. Agreeing the developed TOR/specifications with the Beneficiary. Duration: within 2.5 (two and a half) months upon signing the contract.

• Participation in the procurement process as a technical board member/evaluator when required.

• Monitoring the implementation process on behalf of UNOPS when required.

• Advanced University degree (master’s) in computer sciences, IT engineering, programming or other related discipline is required;
• OR A bachelor’s degree in similar discipline(s) with additional 2 years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree;
• OR a relevant ICT licence or diploma will be considered an asset and can substitute the advanced university degree in combination with 5 additional years of experience.

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in developing and implementing complex multi-module information and analytical systems to process products based on database management systems currently in use, preferably on LEA information exchange and analysis is required;
• Experience in documenting complex ICT solutions and in developing technical requirements/ terms of reference for ICT solutions is required;
• Experience working in rule of law context would be an advantage;
• Experience working with UNOPS or another UN Agency would be an advantage.

• Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian is required;
• Working knowledge of English is required.

1. Contract type; INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT
2. Contract level : Local Specialist Level 10
3. Contract duration: up to 100 working days (Retainer contract)

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonisation - UNOPS values its people and recognises the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonisation and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. 
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

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Working with us

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With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.